Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 45) – Ben Jonson

“Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.” Ben Jonson
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 44) – Oscar Wilde

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” Oscar Wilde
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 43) – Martin Luther King

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 42) – Evan Esar

“Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.” Evan Esar
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 41) – John Steinbeck

“We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say—and to feel—’Yes, that’s the way it is, or at least that’s the way I feel it. You’re not as alone as you thought.’” John Steinbeck
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 40) – James Beggs

“What we say is important, for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.” James Beggs
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 39) – Dorothy Sarnoff

“Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening.“ Dorothy Sarnoff
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 38) – John Wayne

“Talk low, talk slow, and don’t talk too much.” John Wayne
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 36) – Daniel Webster

“If all my talents and powers were to be taken from me by some inscrutable Providence, and I had my choice of keeping but one, I would unhesitatingly ask to be allowed to keep the power of speaking, for through it, I would quickly recover all the rest.” Daniel Webster
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